Cross Atu
OSG Planetary Operations
Covert Intervention
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Posted - 2014.02.03 19:26:00 -
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BL4CKST4R wrote:What if shield extenders and armor plates had their HP reduced by half (with some buffing to the enhanced extender) then we took that HP that was lost and add it back to the suit.
For example most suits have 4 high slots at pro level so we add to every shield suit 145 HP, then we add to every armor suit 295 HP (maybe less due to speed but higher than 145).
What this does is reduce the focus on brick tanking and make other forms of play more viable without reducing or increasing the TTK for bricked suits but increasing it for other non bricked suits.
As a side effect it also increases the TTK for suits below Proto.
Edit: A 50% reduction might be to much but it should be the highest it can go. 25% is also ideal
As usual values may need tweaked after some on the ground trends emerge, but having seen your other posts I've no doubt you know that BL4CKST4R, so I'll focus on the concept.
As an idea I think it would be a good move, I'd advocate a slight scaling of the buff so that proto level frames gained a touch more raw HP out of the deal (they can already fit better tank at present and they'll still be costing more so I think this slight scaling effect would better maintain balance).
Beyond that, with 1.8 on the horizon I have to say that I'd love to see more racially driven eHP buffs from the new skills rather than some of the *ahem*less than optimal selections currently proposed. Such a move could even be used to increase game diversity by creating deeper racial specificity and more player choice -- provide, for example, to versions of the same frame (let's use an Assault) one with racially defined skills to support eHP and one for DPS. Were this suit an Amarr for example it would gain DPS skills honed to buff it's racial weapons while the eHP skills would be a bonus to the effect of armor plates (the Gal would be getting the active reps).
I don't want to pull the thread off topic, but I believe the two ideas work hand in glove as aspects of the same system.
Cheers,
Cross
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